The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-28
CITY NOTES.

Owing to the Illness of Rev. j. b. Ley,
there will be no services at the Methodist
Church tomorrow.
DIR. A. l.. Cole has returned from ITALIA
hassee where he went i'm the interest of
the Medical Bill now before the Legisla-
ture.
Micanopy is now shipping about three
hundred crates of vegetables per day,
and the sales bring satisfactory returns
to the growers.
Who would want cooler or better
weather than we are now having i'm Pa
latka? 1t can only be compared to- the
Indian summer weather so loved just
north of us.
The private gardens in Palatka are
simply beautiful now. Col Harris gar
den is i'm excellent shape, and Capt.
Reeds is maintaining its popularity as
an afternoon resort.
Our managing editor, Mr.. Oscar Edgar,
has been confined to his bed for the past
several days from slight indisposition.
He was much better yesterday, and will
be at his post again in day or two.
1t is stiR in order to clean up houses
and lots, and burn or bury deeply all the
old chips, rags and other trash that will
accumulate. A free use of lime, cop
peras and other disinfectants would also
be great help in maintaining good
health.
Our job office is kept busy at all times
turning out the finest job printing ever
done in Palatka. This work comes
from all sections of South and East Flor
ida, and the rapidity with which order
follows order shows the satisfaction with
which the work is received.
Moonlight excursions will be i'm order
in a few days. The Ladies' Aid Society
of the Methodist Church will give one on
the evening of June ?, and others will
doubtless follow. These excursions al
ways prove delightful, and the young
people of the city should get them up
often.
"A party of young people while out
boating on the river, Yesterday after
noon, had their boat upset near Harris
Point. Parties from this side of the
river went over in boats and rescued the
party. who suffered no damage further
than being chilled by remaining i'm the
water so long.
Mr.. Martin Griffin. President of the
Palatka Board of Trade, has card in
this mornings paper which will be of
special interest to members of that or
ganization. Some question pertinent to
the prosperity of Palatka is always under
discussion there, and the President wants
all the members to drop in and give their
views.
Blackberries are ripe and are now Of
fered for sale in our markets. They are
large and luscious, and to- look ut them
reminds one of the old blackberry dump
lings and milk sauce which were so dear
to the youthful tooth. Bit the berries
in the dumplings were had for the pick
ing, while those i'm Palatka sell for fifteen
cents per quart.
Rev. j. III. Moore, of Keuka. was in
to see us yesterday. He brought with
him a sample of his para grass, which he
is growing for stock feed ON his place ON
Lake Keuka. The sample brought was
of two weeks growth, and measured six
feet in length. 1t is fine forage food,
and will no doubt be largely cultivated
when once its virtues are understood by
our farmers.
The St. Augustine and Palatka Rail
way will give grand excursion to-
morrow from Georgetown and inter
mediate points To St. Augustine and re-
turn. The steamer Louise will be sent to
Georgetown tonight. and will bring the
excursionists to Palatka in the morning
in time to catch the morning train for
st. Augustine. The excursion promises
to be large one. and our friends up the
river will no DOUBT highly enjoy it,
Our friend, Editor Mann, of the Day
tona Journal, is living in clover, if we
are to judge by this bill of fare, which
he prints to arouse the envy of his
brother journalists away from the coast:
''This is our Wednesdays bill of fare
Late the evening before we went to the
surf, caught n fine bass. got bucket of
CLAIMS and secured fine lot of shrimp
from the river. Next morning visited
Major Russelrs garden and returned
literally loaded with green beans, beets,
celery, summer squashes, cabbage and a
sprinkling of Peen-to peaches. Bass,
clam soup, clam chowder. vegetables,
including new potatoes of our own
raising, made the dinner bill of fare at
the Journal table, nearly all the con-
stituents being indigenous products. And
yet some folks imagine it is impossible !
to make home living in Florida"
There are not many editors in or out of
Florida that can boast of such dinners.